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Ron Johnson Brings Class Warfare Campaign to Wausau

MADISON — Senate candidate Ron Johnson takes his attack on Wisconsin families to Wausau today, Friday at the Wisconsin Valley Fair in Marathon Park. After eight years of failed Republican economic policies and the economic collapse led to layoffs and job loss across Wisconsin, Johnson will no doubt highlight his opposition to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Though the Recovery Act created and saved 63,000 jobs in Wisconsin and provided tax cuts to 95 percent of working families, Johnson opposes it saying, “We would have been far better off not spending any of the money and let the recovery happen as it was going to happen.” [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/15/10]

Johnson has also made an unapologetic defense of eight years of Republican’s unfair trade practices, saying that free trade practices that ship Wisconsin jobs overseas “have been successful for our economy.” [WPR – Here and Now, 7/26/10]

The Republican candidate also opposes the emergency aid to the jobless contained in the Recovery Act, saying: “When you continue to extend unemployment benefits, people really don’t have the incentive to go take other jobs, you know, they’ll just wait the system out until their benefits run out. [Wisconsin Public Television Here and Now, 6/11/10]

Marathon County received $53.9 million in funding through the Recovery Act to prevent layoffs, create jobs; invest in education and infrastructure and save the jobs of teachers, firefighters and law enforcement. Johnson’s opposition to the Recovery Act includes opposition to the following projects in Wausau, where Johnson will appear: